# Reading the trip map

> Source: https://help.getplannery.com/finding-places/reading-the-trip-map
> Updated: 2026-09-06

What each pin means, how to switch between one day and the whole trip, change how you travel between stops, filter what's shown, and add a place straight from the map.

The trip map shows where your day happens: every stop in order, where you sleep, the places your party wants to go, and the routes between them.

## Where the map lives

- **On the web**, the itinerary and the map sit side by side. Drag the divider between them to give either more room, or push it all the way to fold one column away.
- **On a phone**, tap **Map** in the bottom bar. The itinerary is its own tab.

## What the pins mean

- **Stops** are photo cards numbered in the order you'll visit them that day.
- **Stays** are photo cards with a bed glyph instead of a number — where the day begins and ends, not a step in it. On a day you change hotels you'll see two.
- **Want to go** places, and suggestions from the trip's guides, are smaller pins coloured by type. They have no date, so they appear whichever day you're viewing.

Tap any pin to open that place.

## This day or the whole trip

Open **Map settings** (the round map button in the top-left corner). Under **Showing itinerary items for:** choose:

- **This day** — the stops and stays of the day you're viewing, with the routes between them.
- **Whole trip** — every scheduled stop across all days. Want to go pins stay put either way.

## Routes between stops

In **This day** view, a line joins each stop to the next, with a badge at its midpoint showing how you'll travel. Short hops default to walking, longer ones to a rideshare. Transit is drawn as a simple arc rather than a traced route.

To change how you travel a hop, tap its line. A **Travel mode** menu lists five options with the travel time for each:

**Walking** · **Transit** · **Rideshare** · **Driving** · **Cycling**

Pick one and the line redraws. A mode with no viable route shows **No route**. The button at the bottom opens directions in your maps app — or **Open Uber** when the hop is a rideshare.

Routes aren't shown in **Whole trip** view; every day's lines would cross each other.

## Filtering what's shown

The **Explore** section of **Map settings** controls the browsable pins — never your scheduled stops, which always stay on the map.

- A **Want to go** checkbox toggles the saved-places layer as a whole.
- One checkbox per place type: **Food & Drink**, **Culture**, **Outdoors**, **Shopping**, **Experiences**. The number beside each is what's on screen right now.
- **Select all** / **Deselect all** flips every type at once.

## Changing the look

Also in **Map settings**, under **Style**:

- **Map** is Plannery's own style. **Satellite** is imagery with roads and labels drawn over it.
- The **3D** switch tilts the map so buildings and terrain stand up, in either style.

## Adding a place from the map itself

Labels on the map — a café, a church, a shop — are tappable even when they aren't in Plannery yet.

1. Tap a label. A small card shows the name and category, then looks up the address, today's hours, phone, and website.
2. Tap **Add to Itinerary** to schedule it onto a day, or **Want to go** to save it. The button reads **Saved** once done.

The lookup doesn't find details for every place. When it can't, you still get the name and the two buttons.

## Your own location

Tap the target button beside **Map settings** (**Show my location**) to put a dot where you are. The first tap asks your device for permission.